WELL, THEY’RE USED TO GANGSTER GOVERNMENT: Even Cat Eating Haitians Are Looking At The Trump Shooter Like An Inside Job.

CHEAPER THAN BUYING MISSILES FROM RAYTHEON: Report: Mossad Intercepted Hezbollah Pager Shipment, Loaded Them With Explosives.

HEH: Kamala is the candidate of joy, thanks to her bong and her Chardonnay.

Plus: “That Trump almost took another bullet for us again didn’t fit the narrative, so USA Today kept the story off its front page.”

OPEN THREAD: Tuesday’s groovy.

SPACEWAR: War game reveals Chinese attacks on communications could paralyze Taiwan.

PREHISTORIC LOVE NEST? We May Have Found Where Modern Humans And Neanderthals Became One.

MAKE AN EXAMPLE: FBI Visits Man Over Social-Media Post, Regrets Choice.

HMM: New Research Reports Lifelong Benefits of Statin Use in Older Adults, Even for Those Without Heart Disease.

IT’S COME TO THIS: Delta Air Forced to Remind Flight Attendant Hopefuls That They Have to Wear Underwear to Their Interview. “Along with wearing underwear, Delta has also taken the time to remind applicants that they must maintain their personal cleanliness and hygiene and that fingernails must be clean, neat, and trimmed.”

JAMES PETHOKOUKIS: Degrowth: a shrinking argument: The ideology of societal collapse is collapsing.

Easter Island’s collapse is meant to serve as a stark warning to readers about the consequences of unsustainable resource exploitation. . . .

“Chilling.” “Haunting.” Oh, and wrong, it seems.

A new study published in Nature refutes Diamond’s theory of Rapa Nui ecocide. Researchers analyzed genomes from 15 individuals who lived between 1670 and 1950, using remains from France’s National Museum of Natural History. The genetic data revealed no evidence of a strong population collapse before European contact. Instead, there was steady population growth from settlement until the 19th century. The study also found signs of a population bottleneck when the island was first settled around 1200 AD, followed by consistent growth. As one of the researchers put it, “There’s no strong collapse. We’re quite confident that it did not happen.” An outside expert said the analysis “serves as the final nail in the coffin of this collapse narrative.” . . . So what else do the degrowthers get wrong? Quite a bit, it turns out. . . . Degrowth research is pretty shoddy, actually.

Indeed.

A LOOK AT Tesla’s Robotaxi.

WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD: Big Surprise: The Tesla Cybertruck Chews Through Tires Shockingly Fast. “Electric vehicles weigh considerably more than their gas-powered counterparts, with the Cybertruck clocking in at more than 6,600 pounds. Additionally, the electric motors produce more torque off the line, which can wear tires faster if the driver lets their inner child get the best of them.”

WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Inside the Texas factory where a gravel-shooting machine pummels self-healing cars.

SKYNET SQUISHES, LEAPS: Magnetically driven soft robot achieves high-speed jumping.

SCIENCE!

The health benefit is so you don’t smell like shit, hope this helps https://t.co/QLy9JwgRfo

— cornbread Bitch (@wobblymami) September 16, 2024

WE NEED AN IMMEDIATE BREATHING BAN FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC HEALTH: Study: Breathing might bring microplastics into brain.

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH:

@theofficialmalcolm0471 Let's not let them win!! #trump #trump2024🇺🇸 ♬ original sound – Lee Gann

TRUTH:

Young people are not ok. pic.twitter.com/cuIRgiLi4V

— Dr. Danish (@operationdanish) September 16, 2024

Related: Neurosis and the Curley Effect.

WE’VE NOTICED: Gallup: Young Women Are More Woke and Politically Shrill Than At Any Point In History.

Related: Neurosis and the Curley Effect. “Reading all of these pieces I’m seeing a story that goes something like this: Depressed, neurotic people (especially single women) are more likely to support Democrats. Democrats support policies and messaging that produce more depressed, neurotic people, especially single women.”

MAKE THEM PAY: Pro-cop cafe owner wins $4 million after Boise State bullying: University violated her First Amendment rights, jury concluded. “The jury awarded Fendley a total of $3 million in damages for business losses, mental and emotional distress, personal humiliation and lost reputation. The jury also ruled Webb, now a University of Montana administrator, was liable for another $1 million in punitive damages.”

This is nice, though I’d like to see a zero on the end of those damages.

GOOD: Harvard Chabad holds self-defense class led by UFC fighter amid concerns of campus anti-Semitism.

THE PHILIPPINES’ ALLY, THE U.S., HASN’T BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE: Another Victory for the PRC …the Philippines did the best they could.

I DON’T THINK SHE IMPRESSES PEOPLE: Teamsters head withholds endorsement after meeting with Kamala Harris.

DON SURBER: Musk 1, Eurocrat 0.

SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION TOMORROW, SEGREGATION FOREVER! Government To Probe Race-Based Medical Care Programs at Prestigious Cleveland Clinic After Bias Allegations.